President earned another term

When Rahm Emanuel, mayor of Chicago, took the stage at the Democratic National Convention and extolled the intelligence and the strength of President Obama, he made many great points as to why the citizens of this country should re-elect the president. But I was struck most by one thing he said: When the next big crisis hits, whether it is a terrorist attack, banking collapse, natural disaster or confrontation with a foreign power, who do you want sitting in the Oval Office?

I can’t help but wonder how the terrorist attacks on 9/11 would have been handled if President Obama was in charge at the time. Who knows, they may have been intercepted before it occurred. Would we have gone to war in Iraq, causing the best of our children to be killed or maimed and bankrupting the country? Would we even have a debt crisis now?

From day one in office President Obama has faced down more challenges than any president I can remember in my 59 years. And he did this with one hand tied behind his back due to the obstructionists in the Republican Party. I saw video of the president at the Washington Press Corps Dinner, cool as a cucumber, speaking to the crowd at this gala event. Never once did he tip off anyone that the raid to get bin Laden was under way. His entire presidency rode on the outcome and yet he went about his business as if nothing was occurring.

This election, sad to say, once again comes down to black and white. Can people honestly look inside themselves and see the real reason they are against President Obama, even to the point they will vote against their own self-interest to elect a billionaire who is so disconnected from the average citizen? Barack Obama is a leader who deserves another term.

"This election, sad to say, once again comes down to black and white."

Oh, the race card again. So if you vote for Obama because he's black it's OK, but if you don't, you'll be considered a racist? Interesting.

"Barack Obama is a leader who deserves another term."

A leader? Really?

I'm still undecided, but your going to have to come up with better reasons then he was "cool as a cucumber" at a gala when they were getting Bin Laden (which by the way, if the operation failed we never would have heard about it) and the "what if's", because those arguments just don't cut it. This is 2012 and how is the economy as of September/ 2012? Any better then 4 years ago?

IM continues to say that Romney is a flopper, well, I'd rather have a flopper, in the Whitehouse than a LIAR.Obamacare, which passed only after Obama made a deal with US Rep Bart Stupak (democrat), ensuring that the health care bill would not fund abortion, thereby enabling life-leaning Dems to vote for it, but the most saddistically pro abortion Pres., in history, according to Stupak, went back on his word.

Cathy, President Obama hasn't had a failed presidency. The unemployment rate is shrinking, healthcare has been changed for the better, gigantic job losses have shrunk and this president has shown an expertise in foreign relations that the country has long missed.

You'll notice for example, that when our Libyan embassy was attacked we didn't bomb Iraq. Those are the details you're apt to miss if you watch too much Fox News.

DwightK The only reason unemployment numbers are down is because the benefits have run out. They are now on welfare. Our healthcare hasn't changed one bit when it comes to costs. If you think that , you atre only kidding yourself. What foreign relations ? Bowing down to another leader is good, then he is your man, I guess! This guy has ruin alot more things then he has helped. 1) Cash for clunkers program. A program that took alot of decent used cars off the market , they also had to be crushed so they couldn't even be used for parts.2) He's has raised our nat'l debt over $5 trillion dollars. 3) he gave $500 million dollars ( taxpayers money) to a so-called green energy that went bankrupt. He bought shares of GM at a higher cost then they are worth now..Another waste of taxpayers money.

Things were not going so great in 2008. If you recall, Pelosi & Reid ran the show in the last 2 yrs of the Bush adm. Remember?Speaking of being presidential, Obama recently ran radio ads asking for more people to apply for welfare, he also ran radio ads asking for people to forsake their wedding gifts, and send him the money. Now he wants the folks to have garage sales, and send him the proceeds. Also, he called a radio station, last week to a program "the pimp with a limp.' Evidently he is attracted to that kind of audience.

Dwight is belittleing Fox news again, but he fails to belittle ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, the NYT, Boston Globe, LA Times, St.Louis Post Dispatch, Wash. Post, Cleveland Plain Dealer, St. Pete Times etc.90% of the media is in the pocket of Obama, but he fails to see that.

Did you know that annual spending by the federal government now exceeds the 2007 level by about $1 trillion? With a slow economy, revenues are little changed. The result is an unprecedented string of federal budget deficits, $1.4 trillion in 2009, $1.3 trillion in 2010, $1.3 trillion in 2011, and another $1.2 trillion on the way this year. The four-year increase in borrowing amounts to $55,000 per U.S. household.

Vote fraud is no big deal, right? It hardly ever happens. It’s so rare that it’s not even worth discussing. Anyone who claims to take the integrity of our ballots seriously is cynically exploiting phantom fears for the purpose of suppressing the Democrat-loving minority vote.

To keep that silly narrative alive, it’s important not to read the Sunday edition of the Columbus Dispatch, in which readers were informed that “more than one out of every five registered Ohio voters is probably ineligible to vote.”

Furthermore, “in two counties, the number of registered voters actually exceeds the voting age population: Northwestern Ohio’s Wood County shows 109 registered voters for every 100 eligible, while in Lawrence County along the Ohio River it’s a mere 104 registered per 100 eligible.”

31 more counties report over 90 percent voter registration, which is a good 20 percent higher than the national average. The Buckeye State sure is civic-minded! Well, except that 1.6 million of the 7.8 million registered voters in the state haven’t voted in at least four years. So I guess they were civic minded, once upon a time. Never fear – I’m sure plenty of those “inactive” voters will reactivate themselves just in time for Barack Obama’s re-election.

You might think these astonishing statistics indicate a crisis-level voter registration problem requiring immediate attention, particularly since this is 2012, not 1912, and modern technology gives us extremely potent tools for accurately managing massive amounts of data. But Attorney General Eric Holder disagrees. Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted sent Holder a letter back in February, warning that “common sense says that the odds of voter fraud increase the longer these ineligible voters are allowed to populate our rolls… I simply cannot accept that.” Husted said existing federal regulations “limit Ohio’s ability to remove ineligible names, thereby increasing the chance for fraud.

Chances are Obama won't be sitting in the Oval Office when the next big crisis hits. He'll be out fundraising or getting ready for an appearance on the David Letterman show instead of meeting with the Prime MInister of Israel.

And as to unemployment shrinking. Is it really or are they just not counting people anymore. I wonder what the TRUE unemployment rate is.

Let's not forget who really triggered the banking crisis. You can go to Youtube and watch for yourself the Bush Administration officials testifying before Congress about their concern and potential dangers of the house of cards built by Fannie Mae. In front of the Congressional Finance and Banking Committee chaired by Barney Frank, they blew off the warnings and concerns. Frank and his Senate friend Chris Dodd, extolled how wonderful it was that so many people could buy homes, full well knowing that all too many were unqualified to get the loans, couldn't make the payments, and provided little if any credit information. This was pushed by the Democrats and they shut down debate and inquiries into the many times Bush raised the danger flags. Frank, Dodd, and others should be dragged out and tarred and feathered. They also intimidated banks and threatened extensive audits and harrassment if they didn't comply in granting dangerous loans. If people want to lay blame as to WHO and WHAT caused the problems have the Democrats look in the mirror.

EV Once again someone brings up GM for this valley. But no one knows for real what would have happen to GM if it had gone thru an ordinary bankrupcty, instead of the Gov;t assisted one that it did go thru. Would Lordstown plant have closed. No one really knows, now do they. So quit bringing up that point because its mute. As far as BO getting another term, no way! He caused used cars prices to sky rocket with his fail "cash for clunkers plan" All that really did was also raise used car parts prices because he demand that alot of decent used cars were crushed due to his ideas. Secondly unemployment is not going down, its just that the benefits have run iout for many. Oh he did increase the welfare roles by alot. Thanks BO.

Listen people, this congress has been the most obstructive congress in the history of our country, and yet you have the gall to accuse the president of failed policies and broken promises. The POTUS can't do it alone. When Mitch McConnell says the Republicans' goal should be to make Obama a one term president, you can't honestly say they care for the citizens of this country.

MOST PEOPLE DO NOT REMEMBER THIS, BUT IT’S ALL FACT. CHECK IT OUT FOR YOURSELVES!! DO YOU REMEMBER JANUARY 3, 2007? This tells the story of why Bush looked so bad at the end of his term. Don’t just skim over this. It’s not very long. Read it slowly. If in doubt, check it out!

The day the Democrats took over was not January 22, 2009. It was actually January 3, 2007. The Democrats took over the House of Representatives and the Senate at the very start of the 110th Congress. The Democrat Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995. For those who are listening to the liberals propagating the fallacy that everything is “Bush's fault,” think about this: January 3rd, 2007, was the day the Democrats took over the Senate and the Congress.

At the time:The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%The unemployment rate was 4.6%George Bush's economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 CONSECUTIVE MONTHS of JOB GROWTH

Mac FIASCOES!Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie - starting in 2001 – because it was financially risky for the US economy. And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac? OBAMA!And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie? OBAMA and the Democrat Congress. So when someone tries to blame Bush,REMEMBER JANUARY 3rd, 2007.... THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER! Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress, and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democrat Party. Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for 2008 & 2009 as well as 2010 & 2011.In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.

For 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the 2009 budgets.And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete 2009. If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself. In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I approved expanding that deficit four-fold since January 20, 2009. There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on!

Hey Education, did I read you correctly?Are you kidding me - the whole Mideast is on fire and the president doesn't have time for Netayahu our only ally in that part of the world? Being a former teacher, I see where you're coming from.

My goodness, open your eyes. No jobs, economy shot to h***, national debt up 50%, Obamacare past without 1 repub vote - first time a major bill past both houses without 1 vote form the opposing party.

The jobless rate is not 8.1%. You should know better when they factor in the many that have given up seeking employment - maybe it's more like 17%.

We have had 4 college graduates, in our family, the last 3 years - OSU - YSU etc. & in speaking to them about their profs, they estimate that 80% are liberals.

Hey FLHT, go back & read my previous post. here is the rest of that post.

Remember the day... January 3rd, 2007, was the day that Barney Frank took over the House Financial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the Senate Banking Committee.The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what part of the economy?BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES! Congress added to this CRISIS by (among MANY other things) dumping 5-6 TRILLION dollars of toxic loans on the economy from YOUR Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac FIASCOES!Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie - starting in 2001 – because it was financially risky for the US economy. And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac? OBAMA!And who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie? OBAMA and the Democrat Congress. So when someone tries to blame Bush,REMEMBER JANUARY 3rd, 2007.... THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER! Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress, and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democrat Party. Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for 2008 & 2009 as well as 2010 & 2011.In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.

For 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the 2009 budgets.And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete 2009. If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself. In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I approved expanding that deficit four-fold since January 20, 2009. There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on!

Education Voter forgets that the Israelis took out a nuclear reactor in Iraq and also another facility in Syria. He also forgets that the Iranians have gone on record as saying that collateral damage (the deaths of arabs in neighboring countries) from a nuclear attack on Israel is acceptable. So meeting with your primary ally in the middle east should take priority over a Letterman appearance.

So instead of telling us why we shouldn't vote for Romney (and those are really lame excuses) why not comment on how much Obama did for the USA in 4 years? And also my question, "Is the economy any better? "

Obama supporters depend on Government and want more from everyone with a job and want more government programs to support lazy living. The expect the wealthy and people who busted their ass to make it, to dish it over to the Government so they can have more.

Unemployment just add the people who have gave up and fell into the welfare system.

gas prices even if they drop a dollar before Nov it still would not help

bankruptcy of almost every Green Solar company out there on a promise to Americans it was the future for jobs.

Hey blah, you better go back to some of my previous posts to learn what really happened.People on welfare didn't crash the economy, that's true, but once they get on welfare, it's very hard to remove them.They do want the fat cats to support them.

Hey Cambridge, the 1st 6 yrs of the Bush adm were pretty good even dough he inherited the DOT COM Bubble & 911, them Pelosi & Reid took over the last 2 yrs, and all H*** broke loose. You can read about that on other posts on this message board.

Haliburton is a multi - multi billion dollar organization, and it takes an brilliant executive to run it. Now, when you compare Chaney to our present VP, I don't think Joe can run a boy scout troop.

It is sad to see how many feel that Obama "saved" General Motors and all the jobs that came with it. He allowed GM to go "Bankrupt" just like Romney said it should do.

Don't believe that spin about Romney "forcing" GM to go bankrupt and go out of business. Going Bankrupt allowed GM to reorganize, stay in business and come back as a new organization. Just as Romney said it should.

What Obama did that was over-reaching government control of a bankruptcy was his handling of retiree pensions and the closing of hundreds of GM dealerships across the country that were owned by business owners who supported Republican candidates.

cambridge writes, "Things were going so great in December of 2008 and Obama had to go and ruin it"

Beginning in Jan 2007, which party had control of both houses of congress the last two years of the Bush presidency with barney frank heading the House Financial Services and chris dodd heading the Senate Banking Committee, two areas the president does not have a say in? Fifteen months later when the bottom dropped out which two areas were at the center of it? You guessed it Bunky, FINANCE and BANKING!!!

Nice try FLHT..., when you subtract the 1% that the occupy clowns raved about you have 99% left over. Subtract the 47% who pay no taxes or get all their tax money back and possibly more and that leaves 52% of the people who actually pay taxes which would probably include your 50K a year wage earner. I noticed that you said 50K and under which is a nice way to imply that the 47% are all actual tax payers.

Now will the 47% that do not pay any taxes vote for obowser, of course. If you are on the dole why would you not?

Hey FLHT, when Obama took over, he had a all Dem congress. He could have done something about jobs, but he was so concerned about passing Pelosicare that he didn't even talk jobs.

When congress took their Summer break, in July 2009, Obama was so disturbed that they hadn't passed Pelosicare yet, he made that known to his congress.

When his Jobs Council first met, he appointed Immelt, of GE, to head the Council. GE which has more overseas employees than stateside employees. At that Council meeting, most of the attendees were union people. The US Chamber of Commerce wasn't even invited. How many jobs does any union create?

In 1998, Obama while making an address, he admitted that he believes in REDISTRIBUTION of wealth. He told the same thing to Joe the plumber in 2008. He is doing a fantastic job making REDISTRIBUTION come true as witness the welfare & food stamp receipents.

"Life2, ask your republican buddys why they obstructed every effort to improve the economy, for their own selfish purpose, not the good of the country. There you will find the answer to your question."

Republican buddies? I don't have no party. As I already commented, I'm undecided, and from what everyone is saying how great Obama has been, are all lame. Nothing that stands out, except being "cool as a cucumber at a gala," and all the "What If''s." That really doesn't make a strong case for Obama. Romney seems to wishy washy, but can he do a better job then Obama?? Tough question.

FLHTCUI - another miss at reality. Obama had two years of a Democrat House and Democrat Senate. The SAME Democrat House and Senate that ran the country into the ground during Bush' second term. He got EVERYTHING he wanted passed including OBAMA-DON'T-CARE

When the Republicans took the House and decided to shut off his spend-aholic credit card, he and the first Wookie decided to go on vacation. Then they went on vacation and after that they went on vacation. Then he played golf and they went on vacation. He took a break to champion the overthrow of the Evil Hosni Mubarak in Egypt in favor of the Muslim Brotherhood and we see how well that is going. Then he played some more golf and went on vacation. Then he and the First Wookie went on vacation again.

As for Our Great Leader "saving" GM... He ignored 200+ years of bankruptcy LAW, took the equity from the stock holders and bond holders who invested their money in the company - and gave it to the union. Did he address any of the REASONS GM went bankrupt in the first place? NO. Did he restructure the operations practices? NO. Did he restructure the wage and benefit packages for the employees? NO. He closed hundreds of dealerships (putting thousands out of work) using campaign contributions as the criteria for which ones to keep open.

So now GM builds government subsidized cars and sells them for less than they cost to produce. The Volt costs over $80,000 to build and you can lease one for two years for $5,000 or buy one for $40,000. Sounds like a solid business model to me. NOT. Here's the funny thing. Without continued government subsidies - GM IS STILL BANKRUPT! Nothing has been fixed. And as soon as the govt money runs out - which it will. GM will be back on the chopping block. But THIS time PRIVATE equity and venture capital will step in and fix it the right way.

You have to laugh at the dopes that bring up bush's Democrat congress yet can't name one spending bill that was passed that bush didn't favor. bush had veto power and used it on any bill the Democrats put in front of him.

Anyone with a brain knows that teabagger/republican policies caused the financial crisis and are the reasons that the teabagger/republican party in this country are both defective and irrelevant.

CAMBRIDGE Since you are so good at researching on the web . I was wondering could you do me a favor. Could you go back in time on the web and see who voted in all of the tax cuts that the rich are enjoying today? I'm at work and my new desk top computer( at home) won't be in for a week. Thank You!.

cambridge, you say that Bush favored all spending bills sent to him by the democratic congress and then in the next sentence you say that he vetoed all bills the democratic congress sent to him. Is your first comment a lie or the second one? Why did the libs send spending bills that Bush favored, because they knew if they wanted them passed they better meet his approval.

And of course remember barney and chris and the two areas that were at the bottom of the financial mess and who called the shots in the 15 months before the collapse!

Now, once more explain the libs own words in the attached video. Yes, I know I have presented it many times in the past but it is the libs own words. Example, your sweetheart Maxine talking about 100% mortgages, you know, no equity, nothing to lose if you do not pay your mortgage. But, what do we expect from someone from the "land of fruits and nuts" which is about to go belly up completely!

I guess you also have to laugh at the dopes that don't know how to read. Read one thing, then claim they read something else.

It's hilarious that when romney talks about the people benefiting from government programs these people are too stupid to know he is talking about them and they are so stupid they will vote against their own best interest.

No #cambridge actually anyone with a "brain" knows it was Barny Frank and Chris Dodd (Democrats) whos policies caused the housing market crash and financial crisis. The BUSH whitehouse went to congress no less than SEVEN times asking them to take action to shore up the sub-prime mortgage issue. Barny Frank actually called the administration RACIST for wanting to stop giving people loans to buy houses they couldn't afford. But you're obviously one of the 47% who don't pay taxes.

cambridge pays lots of taxes to support all the "undocumented democrats" in fruit and nut land. Federal tax, state tax, county tax, city tax, street tax next? Gov. "moonbeam" may have to raise his taxes even more. One city near LA I think has a sales tax rate of 9.75%. Once more california leads the way. Let's hear it for california. Hey! hey!

cambridge mentioned one time that he built a bunch of hospitals. The little fat mexican future mamas will be for ever grateful.

NOblahblah,Save your breath! I have posted exactly what you posted and it falls on deaf ears. A nation of LAWS? That's not what Barack Hussein Obama believes. AN absolute pure payoff to the UAW, making them a secured creditor while forcing legitimate investors (many GM employees that held "old" GM paper) to accept little or nothing. ANd the housing crisis was brought on by the federal govt. agreeing to fully back risky mortgages by shady companies. If I own a mortgage company and the US govt tells me they will fully back the notes with US CREDIT, I'm writing every note that comes across my desk.

I am a victim like Mitt-Flopper says, I look for a handout every other Friday. Yep, I work 40+ hours every week for two weeks and then I have the darned arrogance to expect a paycheck. I have two cousins who are also 100% dependent on the government, one is a male (democrat) and the other a female (independent) and they are serving in Afghanistan along with a bunch of other free loaders in the U.S. Army.

Okay FLHTCUI, let me answer your question and then I will add a few for you.

1) Did I want to see Lordstown close, of course not but I would of liked to see Gm go thru a normal bankruptcy and restructure like a thousand other companies had done instead of a "special" one designed to protect obowser's union base while screwing the original stock holders.

2) The retiree's pension guarantee could of been part of the new GM under a normal bankruptcy.

3) Do I want a depression, hell no but if we keep trying to depress capitalism we are headed toward one.

4) Where do you get the idea that no one blames the GM management for sitting on their cans instead seeing that they had a problem and restructuring their debt like Ford did? Worthless pieces of crap!

5) Why would the financial markets not loan money to GM? The financial markets did not see GM as a viable entity. Ford took the necessary steps to restructure and thus were able to borrow.

2) Why were some successful dealerships closed while some lesser ones stayed open? Who the ownership donated to perhaps!

3) As for your friend that has the rental property. That low down scumbag, how dare he work hard and become successful. I have some rental properties and still pay a good chunk in property taxes. Ask him how he avoids all his taxes, I would like to know his secret. Oh, he adds the property tax to the rentals, I guess the renters have a choice of whether or not they want to rent from him, right. Little jealous of his success perhaps?

I love how the repubs crashed the US economy with the Bush era tax cuts, two unfunded wars and now try to blame the debt on Obama. Lets see $1.4 Trillion for the Bush era tax cuts, 1.5 Trillion in stimulus spending started by Bush due to failed republican policies, and 4.3 Trillion in war debts also started by Bush. 670 Billion for the Dept of Homeland Security started by Dubya. Yep, considering that Bush already had us in debt before 9/11 his BRILLIANT deductions for those "job creators." worked wonders. I love the DOUBLE STANDARD, not one republicon said a word about the debt when they were driving the Brinks truck over the cliff, but now that Obama has saved GM, killed Bin Laden and ENDED the War in Iraq, they complain about the DEBT. BRILLIANT!!!

IM, evidently you cannot comprehend what you read. There have been numerous posts, on this message board, that dispute everything you have stated in your post especially the GM fiasco, and Obama's over 5T debt. OH, we haven't even mentioned the downgrade of our credit. You'll probably make some kind of an excuse about that also.

Face it IM, you and Obama are dead meat.

Go and watch Obama on Letterman, and his visit to Beyonce & JAY-z. on You-Tube, while the families of the 4 murdered prepare for their funerals.

OH, that's another one - what excuse do you have for Obama's failed foreign policy?

So what you are saying YBR is that after Fannie May and Freddie Mac bought up all the 100% (no equity) loans that they supported and sold them to financial institutions assuring them that they were 100% safe (Franklin Raines quote) they discovered that the loans were not being paid (well who would of thought) and thus the bottom dropped out of the financial market.

Once more, look at this clip and see if you would like to comment on it! If you do, you will be one of the few libs that will discuss it.

Some previously unublished court info about a landmark case that many consider the fuse that set off the subprime mortgage boom and eventually the economic meltdown. It was a 1995 discrimination lawsuit against Citibank, on behalf of a group of Africian Americans who claim they couldn't get loans because of their race. It was a coordinateed effort at the time by progressive groups. The banks didn't want to be sued or accused of racisim so they loosened requirements for credit history & downpayments. What was dicovered is that amoung the original plaintiffs in that case, there was a startling loan failure rate. out of a 186 homebuyers, roughly half have since gone bankrupt or received one or more foreclosure notices. As few as 19 still own homes with clear credit ratings. Even some of the plaintiffs now say the banks never should made those loans.

And here's the kicker: the lead attorney on that case that prompted banks to start making home loans to people who couldn't qualify for them was a young Chicago community activist named BARACK OBAMA.

The teabagger/republican senate just voted and blocked a bill creating jobs for veterans. The bill called for a 1 billion dollar investment in our veterans, about what bush spent in Iraq every three days.

Once again the priority is tax breaks for the top 1% and corporate welfare for oil, gas, tobacco, factory farmers and companies that off shore jobs.

U.S. oil companies are back in business in Iraq and these veterans serve no further purpose. The teabagger/republicans are done with them so just kick them to the curb and lets focus on those tax cuts for the top 1%. The link says it all.

Cambridge, first of all the Senate is not Repub. Your link stated "Senate Repubs blocked legislation."

Your link also stated "Repubs said the spending authorized in the bill VIOLATED LIMITS AGREED TO LAST YEAR."

Also to appropriate 1B, 40% of it would have to be borrowed, and I'm sure that most veterans would not want to work with borrowed funds knowing where our natl. debt stands at over 16T, and counting, today.

1)Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma said the federal government already has six job-training programs for veterans and there is no way to know how well they are working. He argued that making progress on the country's debt is the best way to help veterans in the long-term.

2) Democratic lawmakers turned to the legislation shortly before they will adjourn for the final weeks of this year's election campaigns. The bill had little chance of passing the House this Congress, but it still allowed senators to appeal to a key voting bloc.

If I didn't know better I would think that it was just a political ploy designed to sway voters. Sleazy but what can you expect.

The 1 in 7 Americans currently on food stamps certainly appreciate the opportunity to dine on lobster and porterhouse steak at YOUR EXPENSE. What's for dinner at your house tonight? “How’s that hope-y, change-y stuff working out for ya’?”

I tried to copy & paste the reciept, but it didn't come out in this post. The Reciept was for 5-24 packs of Mountain Dew, Cold Water Lobster, and Porterhouse Steaks, and circled near the bottom of the reciept it stated:DEBT FOOD STAMPS TENDER $141.78

The Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act (GLB), also known as the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999 is what repealed The Glass-Steagal Act. Glass Stiegal was put in place to prevent one arm of the banking industry (ex: commercial banking) from bringing down another (ex: investment banking) when those barriers were removed, it allowed for the whole industry to be exposed when the sub prime mortgage crisis (2007) brought down Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers. Lehman was an investment bank and had it not been for the removal of the barriers that The Glass-Steagall Act put in place after the Great Depression, many feel that the investment banks would not have been exposed. As a result, Bear Stearns and Lehman failed and the stock market went in the toilet, but my favorite part....

Just before the collapse of Lehman Brothers, executives at Neuberger Berman sent e-mail memos suggesting, among other things, that the Lehman Brothers' top people forgo multi-million dollar bonuses to "send a strong message to both employees and investors that management is not shirking accountability for recent performance."

Lehman Brothers Investment Management Director George Herbert Walker IV dismissed the proposal, going so far as to actually apologize to other members of the Lehman Brothers executive committee for the idea of bonus reduction having been suggested. He wrote, "Sorry team. I am not sure what's in the water at Neuberger Berman. I'm embarrassed and I apologize."

One company does not make the Repub party.Did you forget CORZINE, that famous Dem who can't account for 2 BILLION DOLLARS of his company's funds? That Dem who almost put the state of NJ into banlkruptcy?

Even though the right-wingers won’t admit the real reason they hate Obama, you can always trust Randy Newman to talk about the elephant in the room. The award-winning songwriter, who supports President Obama, has weighed in on the role of race in the presidential election, releasing a satirical song on Tuesday poking fun at voters who long for the days when a white man was in the White House.The song has the refrain “I’m dreaming of a white president” and is written from the point of the view of a voter who casts his ballot solely on the basis of race. Mr. Newman said in a press release he felt the passionate opposition to President Obama over issues that generally put the public to sleep – the budget deficit and health care policy, for instance – belie a deep strain of racism in the electorate.“I think there are a lot of people who find it jarring to have a black man in the White House and they want him out,” Mr. Newman said. “They just can’t believe that there’s not a more qualified white man. You won’t get anyone, and I do mean anyone, to admit it.”Mr. Newman is wading right into the presidential race. The song includes the line: “He won’t be the brightest, perhaps / But he’ll be the whitest / And I’ll vote for that.”Mr. Newman told The Associated Press: “I felt that sentiment exists in the country. I don’t know how many people you can get to admit it. I think maybe zero.” The truth, plain and simple.

I personally believe that President Obama has earned another term. I am better off now than I was 4 years ago. President Obama has signed several bills that have directly impacted myself and my family in a greatly positive way.

G.M. is alive and thriving. Osama Bin Laden is dead, Combat troops have left Iraq, we are drawing down troops in Afghanistan, The economy was crashing when he took over and now we're in recovery albeit a slow one which is still better than none at all.

During this hard time the Obama administration got unemployment benefits increased and extended which helped many families I know.

I just wish Obama was more to the left instead of being just left of center. Its because the GOP has moved so far to the right that he looks like a leftist.

Also for the first time if I didn't get VA coverage and Medicaid I could get private insurance and not have every single claim denied as a pre existing condition.

Yes the Deficit needs to be reduced but by increasing revenues aka as that dirty word, TAXES and selected spending cuts but not right in the middle of a recovery. It could send us right back into recession or even worse. The GOP plan is always Tax cuts, Got a surplus? Tax cuts. Got a deficit? Tax cuts!.

This is addressed to the conservatives here. When Obama wins in November you have only yourself to blame for allowing the Tea Party thugs to hijack the Republican party and drag you so far to the right that even modern republicans are being called "Socialist" btw I suggest you actually read up on that since Obama is in no way advocating complete government ownership of EVERYTHING, setting price controls and wage controls on Everything and Everyone too.

I am proud to have voted for Obama in 2008 and I am proud to do so again in 2012.

""The song has the refrain “I’m dreaming of a white president” and is written from the point of the view of a voter who casts his ballot solely on the basis of race."Mr. Newman is wading right into the presidential race. The song includes the line: “He won’t be the brightest, perhaps / But he’ll be the whitest / And I’ll vote for that.”

I can just imagine the "outrage" if the lyrics were reversed. The masses would be rioting and protesting and blasting Randy Newman till the end of time. But it's OK because nothing is wrong when it's "for" the blacks. Yikes.

Okay YBR, I agree with you that the laws were weakened by conservatives. But as a conservative I can admit when we screw up, something that you libs will not do. Now, WHO TOOK ADVANTAGE of a weakened law, Fannie and Freddie took advantage of it.

Two of your finest, maxine and barney are featured in the clip I posted earlier. "nothing wrong with 100% mortgages", "making a big issue over something that is not a problem" plus raines stating that "home mortgages were the safest investment going".

Falsifying records to get maximum bonuses for Fannie may executives. Million dollar bonus for franklin raines, you will not hear one lib say anything about that but let a bonus go to a conservative and you all cry like babies. Why did raines agree to pay back over 24 million dollars to avoid prosecution.Your ytown mentality is once more showing thru. By the way, how has this mentality worked out for ytown (the armpit of Ohio) the last 50-60 years?

Not sure why I waste my time arguing with you libs other than it is fun!

LTMacGowan wrote: "I am better off now than I was 4 years ago. " - The MAJORITY of the country if far worse off and the future looks bleak for generations to come..

"G.M. is alive and thriving" - About to go bankrupt AGAIN. "Osama Bin Laden is dead" - Over 20 nations say death to USA, we are all Osamas.. "Combat troops have left Iraq, we are drawing down troops in Afghanista" , - This president is sticking his head in the sand over current events. "The economy was crashing when he took over and now we're in recover " - Promised to reduce the deficit by 1/2 in his first term...not.

"During this hard time the Obama administration got unemployment benefits increased and extended which helped many families I know" - I'm sorry, but extending unemployment is not the answer...getting back to work is.

"Also for the first time if I didn't get VA coverage and Medicaid I could get private insurance and not have every single claim denied as a pre existing condition." - Romney will keep the common sense benefits of Obamacare but as Pelosi stated, you'll have to sign the bill to find out what's it. They only told us a few of the good parts of Obamacare, If you think you're getting something for free, you're mistaken.

"Yes the Deficit needs to be reduced but by increasing revenues aka as that dirty word, TAXES" - Even if we take away ALL of the worth of the ALL of the wealthy of the top 400 richest in this nation, we'll only have $1.5 trillion to apply to the deficit. A trillion is a mind boggling number!

"This is addressed to the conservatives here. When Obama wins in November you have only yourself to blame for allowing the Tea Party thugs to hijack the Republican party" - Actually, the Koolaid party has been hijacked. The government may be able to take care of you today, but look to the not so distant future, bigger deficits, more borrowing, higher interest, fewer jobs, and we reach a point that the government will not be able to take care of you. Not to mention inflation. For those who are working, any savings they had will be meaningless.

LTMacGowan.....Taking someone out of context is what teabaggers do. You could post an entire article from a reputable news source and they will pick one or two sentence's or phrases and try and spin the article. They will ignore the 95% of the article that says their spin is BS. They are defective and irrelevant which is why Obama will win by the landslide I've been predicting for two years while the teabaggers cry "one and done." That would be wishful thinking on their part.

LtMacGowan, thank you for your service to our country. I regret not saying that in my first post.

Sorry you thought I took it out of context. I do agree with spending cuts. It's the tax the rich solution that I don't think will work. Unfortunately we're all going to end up with paying higher taxes in order to get out of this mess we are in and those taxes are going to hit us in ways that don't include income taxes but in everyday expenses.

There is so much waste in government. They need to take a hard look at eliminating programs and spending. Just like we would look at eliminating expenses in our personal budget when we don't have the money to pay for it all, government needs to get MAD when they hear of the wasteful spending like in the GSA fiasco. Why is our government paying bonuses to employees? This is a disgrace. They receive a salary for their job. They should not be entitled to a bonus for doing what they are expected to do. In the private sector the reward for a better than expected outcome might be a raise next year or a promotion, but not an egregious bonuses.

Government payroll and government spending has gone up exponentially under this administration. We ARE reaching the "tipping point" of no return if we continue in this direction..

As a parent, we want our children to grow up and be responsible for themselves. Government should do the same, rather than creating a dependency they should look for ways provide a path to independence. We want our government to provide a safety net in case of need. We want our laws to improve our standard of living and protect us. We want opportunity to better ourselves. We want to maintain our dignity!

So cambridge says that the teabaggers take one or two sentences from a article and ignore the rest. At least that is better than what cambridge does along with most other libs around here. Case in point, I have included a link to a congressional hearing on this website at least a dozen times over the last couple years. It discusses the housing market meltdown and who was actually behind it and the huge bonuses that their leader got. Apparently there was no problem with that. Not once has cambridge tried to defend his lib lady from fruitland or BARNEY. Even get a comment from Billy at the end. Some have come back and said first off that they did not go to the link, yea right!. cambridge added a link earlier and I had the courtesy to read it and reply (posts 47,48) So don't give me this crap about what Conservatives do and do not reply to.

GM NEEDS to go bankrupt - the RIGHT way. Restructure the company, restructure the debt and restructure the failed and broken labor rules. Otherwise the company will NEVER survive. The government money is going to drive up.

Change of pace, the author of this story was swooning over the president and he wrote this "I saw video of the president at the Washington Press Corps Dinner, cool as a cucumber, speaking to the crowd at this gala event. Never once did he tip off anyone that the raid to get bin Laden was under way. His entire presidency rode on the outcome and yet he went about his business as if nothing was occurring." The problem was that he could not keep his mouth shut for a intelligent period of time afterwards. Where is this guy's allegiance?

Here are two clips, the first that talks about the administration's stupidity and the second in which some network reporter tries to blow it off. The first clip is 22 minutes long but well worth the look.

After you have watched this video, ask yourself how the Iranians were able to take control of the US drone a few months back. Think that was just luck?

Also about G.M. lets recap what happens after Obama intervened. G.M. hires back EVERY laid off employee, then G.M. posts its first quarterly profit, G.M. hires 10,000 new employees, G.M. posts first yearly profit in years, G.M. announces $250,000,000 investment in Ohio.

Hey "Redvert"...you can't get over the fact that Obama succeeded in getting Bin Laden so you reach for a reason to criticize the man....amazing. He suceeded in less than 3 years where Bush and his buddies failed in eight and yet he is criticized for some trumped up statement from the Repugs about leaking "National Security Issues." HE GOT BIN LADEN... PERIOD.

Obama won the Nobel Prize and yet he is criticized. If Obama sneezes it causes a Right-Wing hurricane. Wake up son...maybe go take a class on logic at YSU..it may help you. The Republicans of today are untethered to reality...go read the Bible some more so you can come up with more wacky theories like "Creationism." It is shame that a person who came up from nowhere, like Obama, in a one-parent household, and makes something of himself is not admired as an example of the American Dream...no...you loons don't get it and never will. Vote for that knot-head Romney who was born into it and thinks guys like you are dirt. Your prejudices are shameful.

Rocky,I don't have a problem with us getting Bin Laden while obowser was president. Do have a problem with him being too stupid to keep his mouth shut while our military is analyzing data from the raid. Remember some of your fellow libitards are not happy with all the security leaks. I guess a few libitards can think for themselves.

WON THE NOBEL PRIZE, what the hell for?

CAME FROM NOWHERE!!! Ever wonder how someone with nothing was able to afford to go to some of the highest priced schools? Doesn't bother you that there is no record of how this was paid for, no real record of how he was registered in those schools,why the association with radical factions? Of course he did become a Acorn organizer. Was that what he won the pulitzer for, I am so ashamed for my nasty words!!!

No, you are one of the lemmings so I will not waste anymore time with you.

ps: Sorry bunky but I do not believe in creationism so try a new angle.

﻿﻿﻿Intelligence and Special Operations forces are furious and frustrated at how President Obama and those in positions of authority have exploited their service for political advantage. Countless leaks, interviews and decisions by the Obama Administration and other government officials have undermined the success of our Intelligence and Special Operations forces and put future missions and personnel at risk.

The unwarranted and dangerous public disclosure of Special Forces Operations is so serious -- that for the first time ever -- former operators have agreed to risk their reputations and go 'on the record' in a special documentary titled "Dishonorable Disclosures." Its goal is to educate America about serious breaches of security and prevent them from ever happening again.

Hey 76 Y-town...save it for your conspiracy-theorist buddies. The internet is a great place for you wing-nuts because you can find anything that is irrational to suport your fantasies. Obama got Bin Laden..PERIOD. Our special forces are fine. Go down to your bunker and count your MRE's one more time before Obama sends his Kenyan Socialist Death Squads to get you before the "rapture".

Jake...I guess winning the Nobel Prize has nothing to do with international recognition?? I guess that Bush had nothing to do with this economic disaster that Obama inherited? Jake, maybe start wearing a hat when you go out in the sun.

Some people aren't aware of all of this. Don't just skim over this,please read it slowly and let it sink in. If in doubt, check it out.Dates HAVE BEEN verified.

The day the democrats took over was not January 22nd 2009, it wasactually January 3, 2007... the day the Democrats took over the Houseof Representatives and the Senate, at the very start of the 110thCongress.

The Democrat Party controlled a majority in both chambers for thefirst time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995.

For those who are listening to the liberals propagating the fallacythat everything is "Bush's Fault", think about this:January 3rd, 2007 was the day the Democrats took over the Senate andthe Congress. At the time:

The DOW Jones closed at 12,621.77The GDP for the previous quarter was 3.5%The Unemployment rate was 4.6%

George Bush's Economic policies SET A RECORD of 52 STRAIGHT MONTHS of JOB GROWTHRemember the day...January 3rd, 2007 was the day that Barney Frank took over the HouseFinancial Services Committee and Chris Dodd took over the SenateBanking Committee.

The economic meltdown that happened 15 months later was in what partof the economy?BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES!

Unemployment... to this CRISIS by (among MANY other things) dumping5-6 TRILLION Dollars of toxic loans on the economy from YOUR FannieMae and Freddie Mac FIASCOES!

Bush asked Congress 17 TIMES to stop Fannie & Freddie - starting in2001 because it was financially risky for the US economy.

And who took the THIRD highest pay-off from Fannie Mae AND Freddie Mac? OBAMAAnd who fought against reform of Fannie and Freddie?OBAMA and the Democrat Congress

REMEMBER JANUARY 3rd, 2007.... THE DAY THE DEMOCRATS TOOK OVER!"Budgets do not come from the White House. They come from Congress, andthe party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the DemocratParty.

Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for 2008 &2009 as well as 2010 & 2011.In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which causedthem to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got toughon spending increases.

For 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid bypassed George Bushentirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government runninguntil Barack Obama could take office. At that time, they passed amassive omnibus spending bill to complete the 2009 budgets.

And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of thatvery Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and hesigned the omnibus bill as President to complete 2009.

If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the 2007 deficit, thelast of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in fiveyears, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. Afterthat, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and thatincludes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.

If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself. In anutshell, what Obama is saying is "I inherited a deficit that I votedfor and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January20th."

Well mikey, what I posted was obviously not what you wanted to hear and you had no real comeback so you just repeat the same question. Just like the numerous times that I have posted the Fannie May hearing video with no replies. Wonder why?

I will leave it at that. I think this story is getting boring anyways. You can have the last hooray if you wish, there will be many more opportunities!!!

First off, LtMac, when can an award like the Nobel Prize be "out of place"? You support Obama but you're not proud that he won the "Peace Prize"? Would you rather that he committed more troops to Libya or Iran? My goodness that speaks volumes...very disheartening volumes.

As for my boy Redvert, steady-posting his "facts"...let me get a little philosophical here...ALL OF US carry many beliefs around with us that we hold as "true"..some of these beliefs are what we base our lives on and direct how we conduct ourselves day to day...the sad thing is that many of these things that we hold "true" are not even close to true....and that is where wisdom comes in for some of us and we suddenly realize that our beliefs have been "wrong" all of this time...at most, maybe a little over 50% of the citizens in this country realize that "facts" and "truths" , like beauty, are in the eye of the beholder..that even though it would be nice to have everything in life line up as black and white almost all facts and truth occupy a gray area....that is where logic, rationality, tolerance and self-examination lead to the development of thoughts and actions that improve society and lead to personal growth....

At most, in this country, once again, maybe a bit over 50% of the citizens have the wisdom to "know what they don't know."...the folks who listen to Fox News, Limbaugh, Beck and troll the Internet trying to find "facts" that support their beliefs are not in the 50%...that would be you Redvert...you and your right-wing friends have this granite stone in your psyche that is permanently etched with the most outrageous beliefs..and instead of self-examination, you get out the chisel and make the etching deeper and deeper; especially when faced with reality or history that doesn't at all jibe with what is etched on your lunatic stone...is this behavior caused by flaws in the DNA of righties??? Could be. Or was it caused by decreased blood-flow to the brain during the trauma of birth? Maybe. Regardless, Redvert, keep posting your diatribes with your "facts" and videos and conspiracy theories...they're at once very amusing and at the same time pitiful....

To all of you who refuse to support that Muslim, Socialist, African Commie for re-election. We will see who has the last laugh in November. You all need to stop believing the half truth fear mongering that the right wing extremists spread around and stop listening to those trained monkeys flinging their poo on Faux News.

BTW Cambridge -- if you are reading this -- congratulations to the SF Giants for winning the NL West!

The right wants LOW TAXES, fast putting greens and a lot of war as long as it's fought by the lower class. Not too many country clubbers have their grandkids in Afghanistan. They're all gung-ho about waging war as long as their grandkids don't have to fight it.

I hope Obama wins a second term and flies the flag of Kenya over the White House on his first day just to stick it to the right wing Neo-Cons.

FLHTCUI and IslandMike...we need more people like the two of you in this world...1930's Germany didn't have enough people who could stand against the irrationality and scapegoating that occurs during tough times...the extreme right in this country poses just such a challenge now...unchecked, they are capable of horrific things...

Obama's first term is much better than Bush's and we re-elected Dubya. Bush and the righties Gramm–Leach–Bliley Act led to the biggest economic demise since the depreesion. Oh yeah, let's not forget thebiggest intelligence FAILURE in US history, the 9-11 attacks happened during Bush's first term.

Olddude, the sheep are responding with their liberal and socialistic views. I left Youngstown in 1970, population 160,00 and today 60,000. Looks like Island Mike will be running to the burning barn in November.

The barn turned into an inferno under the Bush administration. Stay down in Georgia or Alabama with those highly educated southern whites. You must bee Honey Boo-Boo's father. Those are the real republicons.

The only sure way to evaluate a candidate and a political party is by their record- what have they done- or left undone- in the past.

By that standard, the record of the Democrats in creating our current economic crisis is pretty clear: The Community Reinvestment Act, passed during the Carter Presidency, and strengthened by Bill Clinton, forced banks to lower mortgage underwriting standards in an effort make homes available to poor people- especially minorities.

It was well intentioned, but it back-fired: it created the sub-prime mortgage crisis which hurt not only the people it was meant to benefit- but the entire economy: it added trillions (because of the bailouts) to our already staggering debt burden.

Broadening home-ownership is a noble intention, but it can't be accomplished by forcing banks to risk the assets they have been entrusted to care for (by private investors) unwisely.

Politicians, especially the Democrats, should remember the money they are "investing" doesn't belong to them: it belongs to the people who worked for it in the first place: the taxpayers: the people who employ them.

Facts are facts. The money for well-intentioned social programs has to come from somewhere. The money to pay the (generous) salaries of politicians who concoct and implement well-intentioned social programs has to come from somewhere.

Where is that "somewhere". Clearly, the private sector which generates the taxes that support government (free enterprise, capitalism- dirty word to a Marxist) . If the economy goes under, government goes under and all the good intentions and "hot air" in the world won't make a bit of difference. Rich or Poor, we'll all be in the same sinking boat and the country will go under and we'll all drown together.

Why not?, you gave Bush 4 more years after the 9-11-01 attacks. The 9-11 attacks were the biggest intelligence FAILURE in US history. I guess 9-11 wasn't enough, you neo-cons had to let him DESTROY the economy and then turn New Orleans into another GOP FAILURE!

Island MIKE What about the attack in Lbya recently Your fine prez went golfing. That is real responsible. Then he try to say that it wasn't a terrorist attack,but a bunch of upset muslims over a stupid movie. Now that we have found out that it was planned for 9/11 he still trying to spin it to something else . Yeah thats the arse hole I want leading our country. Oh yeah he also apologized to the muslims

Bush was in office eight months prior to 9-11-01 not 9-11-04. The intelligence failure falls on Clinton's watch. If Obama inherited such a disastrous economy, why did he waste the first two and a half years of his term screwing with health care? Obviously a lost sense of priorities!

The front page article on the Sunday, Sept. 30 edition has pictures of equipment being used to find gas and oil. Towards the bottom of the article is a small paragraph that states that environmental groups are lining up to oppose a line from NE Ohio to Canada. They are also lining up to oppose gas and oil drilling in Pa and Ohio. The EPA said a few weeks ago that it does not intend to do anything about fracking or oil/gas exploration until after the election. That means if Obama is re-elected, it will be the end of gas/oil in this area. That means a big loss of jobs. The area will again go back to being the Rust Belt or worse. It has taken almost 50 years to come back from what the steel unions did to this area. It will also mean the end of coal production in this area and West Virginia. Obama's only reason for being President is to bring this country to as low a point as possible. He is succeeding. When the US is doing well, most of the rest of the world does also. Do some reading besides left-wing papers, books & internet sites. There are other sides of the issues.

FACTS:-The RESPONSE to Katrina was Bush's JOB, A job he didn't do.-The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act deregulated the banking industry and led to the collapse of the housing market and the economy.-The Neo-Cons controlled Congress during Bush's invasion of Iraq.-The National Debt increased over 100% under Bush (the first time ever) from 5.6 Trillion to over 11.3 Trillion.

Barney Frank was in bed with Franny and Freddy which drove up housing values to a peak in 2006. Sub-prime loans and ARM's brought on the air loss in the bubble. All of this caused the brutal effect on the economy in 2007. Bush was not the blame for what Obama inherited and Obama did very little to correct the situation in his three and half years in office.

Judging from the media coverage, you might think that our economy was improving. You’d be wrong.

The truth is that the slowest recovery on record appears destined to set even more records for slow growth. That’s not good news for President Obama. And more bad economic news hit him this past week. Here's a short list of indicators:

-- Slow GDP growth: GDP rose at an annual rate of just 1.25% during April through June, barely keeping up with the growth in population. The economy has been getting slower and slower since the end of last year.

-- Durable goods orders plunged 13.2 percent in August.

-- Median household income has actually fallen. Income has dropped from $53,718 to $50,678 since the “recovery” started in June 2009.

Despite all this, the news media has been uncharacteristically cheerful the last couple of months. Take some of the newspaper headlines from August, when the unemployment rate had gone up again for the second time in three months, rising from 8.2 to 8.3 percent. The Wall Street Journal headline read: “Job Gains Spark Stock Rally.” The New York Times reported: “Hiring Picks Up in July, but Data Gives No Clear Signal.”

These headlines can’t truly be labeled “dishonest,” but they are misleading. Initial job growth was reported to be 163,000 (later revised downward to 141,000), but the working age population had grown by 198,000.

The media decided to emphasize the small grain of positive news that they could find in the report which was the slight uptick in jobs.

But the press isn’t always so consistent. You won't be surprised to learn that when there is a Democratic president in the White House, the media tend to view things in a positive light. When Republicans are at the helm, they are more negative.

Kevin Hassett at the American Enterprise Institute and I recently studied newspaper headlines from 1985 to 2004. We looked at the percentage of newspaper headlines that were positive when new economic numbers were released. For example, after accounting for the unemployment rate and new jobs and whether those numbers were increasing or decreasing, we looked at the percentage of newspaper headlines for those stories that could be classified as positive, negative, neutral or mixed.

Here's what we found: For the top 10 largest newspaper, for the same types of unemployment news, the headlines were 15 to 16 percent more positive when a Democrat was president.

Today, it appears that the mainstream press is particularly eager to support President Obama. They are bending over backwards to spin the economic numbers in a positive way.

The debt was at 11.3 Trillion when Obama took office. When he took office, we were also financing two wars, soon after he took office unemployment peaked at over 10%. That means there were a lot more people living on gov't assistance and fewer tax dollars being paid into the system. The Bush tax cuts compounded that problem, so to say that Obama has made the debt rise above the 16 Trillion dollar mark is an ignorant statement. But Olddude, I don't think you're ignorant, I think you're actually pretty intelligent, but I do think you're brainwashed into believing that all this debt is on Obama. Is the debt an issue? YES, no one on the left is saying it isn't a MAJOR issue, but Mitt-Flopper wants people to feel guilty about drawing unemployment, food stamps, social security and so on during the recession. The programs are not the reason we're in the trouble we're in. We're in this mess due to two wars and a Department of Homeland Security (more spending) that was added after 9-11 coupled with the Bush tax cuts (less tax revenue). you righties act as if the aforementioned never happened and all of this is on Obama. THAT is why your losing the White House, people know better and they were insulted by Mitt's ARROGANT 47% statement.

When I read some of these posts, I think the people writing them were either drunk, or, if not, they should have been drunk because maybe that way they would have made more sense than sober.

That's just speculation, but, what I do know is clear: if what I read here is a representative cross-section of the American Electorate, then God Help Us All. I think, in that case, we all had better start learning to speak Mandarin Chinese and give up the "Stars and Stripes" and salute the single Red Star instead. (What tune was it the band played on the rear deck of the Titanic as she started to slip under the waves?)

Olddude, you have more common sense than most on this message board. Most don't realize that the last 2 yrs, of the Bush administration, Pelosi & Reid ran the show along with Dodd & Frank. Now that a great combination, HUH?

Obama thru Rev Wright under the bus after he became President. Here is what Obama said about Rev Wright in a 2007 speech. YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT:

.And this is what Obama had to say about Rev. Jeremiah Wright in his 2007 speech:

blockquote>And then I’ve got to give a special shout out to my Pastor. The guy who puts up with me, counsels me, listens to my wife complain about me. He’s a friend and a great leader not just in Chicago but all across the country, so please everybody give an extraordinary welcome to my pastor Dr. Jeremiah Wright, Jr., Trinity United Church of Christ.

mr. romney does not deserve to represent the american people. he is so disconnected, he thinks that the "middle class" refers to people who make $200k per year! is that you, cuz it's not me! this multi-millionaire does not have our best interests at heart...he scares me.

president obama needs another term to complete the turn around that he has started in spite of the lack of cooperation from congress these past two years. remember, the dow when obama took office was approx 8,000, now it's over 13,000!!! that says it all right there. of course i realize there is much to be done. obama realizes that too.

romney does not care, he will say whatever he thinks you want to hear. cant you see that??

this is for those of you who dont believe president obama has done anything.....

president obama is fair and real! please consider this when you go to vote. right-wing-nut radio does not tell you the truth. you are making these people rich and they dont care a lick about any of us.

swhite you are correct on some of your listings but let's look at others. #13, if he improved America's image abroad then why have there been more travel warnings than any other time in U.S. history? #35, yes he let the space shuttle program die and now we pay $50 million dollars per astronaut to go to the space station and we are #3 in space exploration now behind China and Russia. I could go on with others but then I didn't see in your post where unemployment is still at 8%, national deficit is highest it's ever been, records set for number of people on welfare and food stamps. If you were getting a free ride on food and medical would you vote against Mr. Obama? I sure wouldn't but then I have to work my behind off so my taxes pay for these programs. Last election, 90% of blacks voted for Mr. Obama, This year estimates are 70% of latinos will vote for him and if you look what two ethnic groups have the highest number of people on welfare and food stamps you'll see why they are voting for him. And we won't even get into him bowing to other foreign leaders or telling Putin (when he didn't know he was being heard) to wait until after this election, for what to sell us out some more? If Mr. Obama is reelected, God help our future generations. Oh wait, I probably can't say God anymore as someone will be offended.

-Al Qaeda is ALIVE-US Ambassador is DEAD-47 million on FOOD STAMPS-16.2 trillion dollars in DEBT-Gasoline prices up 400%-Grocery prices up 15%-Income down 8.2%-MILLIONS left the labor force-43 months of 8%+ unemployment-Are YOU better off now than four years ago?

This is truly a very sad thread. Leftist's you folks just don'ty get it. WE DO NOT NEED GOV'T TO TAKE CARE OF US ! Obama elected again..press 3 for French, because we will be as Socialist as France. Sorry to all you freeloaders waiting for your ObamaPhone and your ObamaCare and ObamaMoney. Neat idea..Get a job !! Ooops, that's right unemployment to high and many too lazy. How about drug test for your FREE benefits with NO taxes. I am drug tested to WORK and PAY TAXES!! Ya, he's "earned" another turn. And I am the Omnipotent OZ. Pay no attention to the man in the White House

I think we now know how Obama wouldve handled 9/11. This past 9/11 the US Ambassador was raped and murdered along with 3 other patriots. This administration is still scrambling to give a justifiable excuse as to how this could happen on this date in this well known dangerous location. Fast & Furious is another example of how Obama would handle a crisis. He'd supply a drug cartel with automatic weapons that would be used to kill US Border Patrol Agents. He had 2yrs of complete control of the US gov't and 2 more years to show his ability to lead a bipartisan Congress. EPIC FAIL !!! His only 'achievement' is the slamming of Obamacare down the throats of the American people. Food Stamp's have doubled while jobs have consistently dwindled. He's so out of touch that he actually calls that 'moving forward'. There is no category in which you can factually claim this administration has flourished beyond expanding his party's base of govt dependent individuals.